Connect Who or what is your inspiration in business?

My daughter Avery. Before she arrived, I lost my home spa business to COVID and felt completely defeated. Then she was born and something shifted. I realized I wasn't just building for myself anymore. I was building proof that her mother didn't quit. That became Broke Billionaires Society a real farm, real jobs, real food for youth in Ward 7. She's 3 years old and she already changed everything.

How do you stay motivated?

Failing again is not an option not because I'm afraid, but because I know what I'm building is needed. I've lived the hard side of life. I know what it feels like when the system doesn't show up for you. So I show up instead. Every day I choose to figure it out rather than wait for someone to figure it out for me. That's the whole message of Broke Billionaires Society. And I can't preach it if I don't live it.

What would you do with the $25,000?

Every dollar goes back into Broke Billionaires Society. Soil, seeds, tools, and getting our first paid youth workers on the farm. Part of it also goes toward building my capacity as the founder because a stronger me means a stronger organization. When the G.O.A.T. of the community grows, the community grows with her